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They can fly straight up to 100 km then fall back down. It’s fast and high enough that TPS is still needed but low and slow enough that even if TPS fails, the starship will be fine. SpaceShipTwo uses TPS on its flights but a leaked report showed that it could land fine without it, albeit damaged.

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